[Regia-NA] Greetings from a newbie

[J K Siddorn]

Basic kit is quite cheap to make and should not set you back more than £5.00 a yard for cloth if you were in the UK.

Try not to buy ready made clothes from a trader as you might well be buying someone's idea of a tunic/trousers that they
can make cheaply enough to sell at a profit. Look for direct recommendations from previous customers before you part
with your buck!

Shoes are going to be your big problem and I recommend Ana Diessler who is entirely honest and reliable.

anahay at btopenworld.com

Regards,

Kim Siddorn,
Regia Anglorum

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Michalski" <jmichal2 at yahoo.com>
To: "list-Regia-NA" <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Greetings from a newbie


> Hello Tracie! Thanks for the welcome (I've goten
> several...this seems to be a friendlier group than
> some I've tried to contact).
>
> Good luck with the habits. I've always found wool
> problematic, and regret that cotton is "out of period"
> for medieval/renaissance reenacting. I guess linen is
> a good second choice, though it wrinkles so!
>
> As for seminary, I'm going in, not coming out. I start
> at Nashotah House this fall for a one-year M.Div.
> completion program (I did a couple of years in an RC
> seminary in a previous incarnation). Sadly, it has a
> bit of a reputation for being hyper-conservative, but
> like many reputations that one lacks nuance. What I
> can tell you is that it's got a semi-monastic,
> Oxbridge rule of life, is committed to the classical
> theologicl/spiritual tradition, is very liturgical and
> sacramental and has some very fine teachers. My wife
> and I are looking forward to our time there very much.
>
> As for Regia, I'm getting more and more interested in
> being involved. I've had an e from a guy who wants to
> start a group in the Chicago/Milwaukee area in August
> when the new "fiscal year" starts, and I'm very
> tempted. Is it VERY expensive to pursue this hobby, or
> can one be authentic at a reasonable price? Advice
> would be appreciated.
>
> Good luck finding the Hutton (it's at Amazon if your
> local shops don't have it - that's where I got mine).
>
> All the best,
>
> John
>
> --- Tracie Brown <trbrown at uga.edu> wrote:
> > Welcome, John!
> >
> > My buddy Anne and I are busy researching monastic
> > life during
> > the Regia period, and we just bought some brown wool
> > and
> > linen to construct habits. Being ladies of a certain
> > age and
> > status, there is a certain attraction to a
> > comfortable
> > convent retirement plan ... at least we're counting
> > on it
> > being comfortable.  We don't care what the bishop
> > says, we're
> > keeping our lap dogs.
> >
> > I'll be looking for "Stations of the Sun" -- it
> > shouldn't be
> > to hard to find in this university town.
> >
> > By the way, where did you go to seminary?  My old
> > college
> > roommate went to Seabury-Western, and I loved going
> > up to
> > visit. We used to jerk her chain by telling people
> > that she
> > was studying to be a priestess. "I wish you wouldn't
> > say
> > that," she'd chide. "It sounds so heathen!"  (She
> > was one of
> > the first women officially ordained in the the
> > Episcopal
> > church.)
> >
> > Hope to meet you, too, though it may be a while.
> > I'm in
> > Georgia. (Hence the linen habits -- linen is our
> > friend.)
> >
> > -- Tracie
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